Electric vehicles

The Air Resources Board has approved the first car for sale in California, USA that meets ARB's most stringent smog-emission standard to date.

Mitsui Chemicals and Formosa Plastics have entered into an agreement on December 27, 2012 to form a joint venture company in China to manufacture and distribute electrolyte solution, one of the main components of lithium-ion batteries.

Researchers power EVs with electricity transmitted from the road to steel belts in tires.

This article shares some of the research in the newly updated IDTechEx report, "Stretchable Electronics Comes to Market."

This article shares some of the research in the newly updated IDTechEx report, "Stretchable Electronics Comes to Market."

AMP Electric Vehicles, a manufacturer of electric drive systems for medium-duty class 3-6 commercial truck platforms, and Momentum Dynamics Corporation (Momentum), a leader in wireless high-power electronics, jointly announced the formation of a joint venture to supply fully electric vehicles and wireless charging pads for the existing Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority (BARTA) pilot project to begin in the first quarter of 2013.

U.S. Rare Earths receives drill permit for North Fork, Idaho property which has significant showings of Heavy Rare Earth Elements, in particular for the five Rare Earths identified by DOE.

Governor Edward G. Rendell said that Pennsylvania is cutting its appetite for foreign oil by more than a half-million gallons as it invests in 21 alternative fuel projects that will also create 221 jobs and cut carbon dioxide emissions by 14.5 million pounds.

Johnson Controls filed an appeal in bankruptcy court of the Dec. 11, 2012 sale order approving Wanxiang's purchase of A123 Systems.

Researchers at GE Global Research have achieved a first step in reducing the cost of clean fuel, zero emission buses, with a vehicle powered by GE's new Durathon battery in tandem with a lithium battery and a hydrogen fuel cell.

BYD and Bulmineral Ltd signed an agreement yesterday to create a 50:50 joint venture company, named Auto Group Motors, to produce electric buses in Europe.

Team BIGFOOT, creators of The Original Monster Truck, recently completed the first test of their newest creation, BIGFOOT #20, the world's first battery-powered monster truck.

The market for electric buses and taxis at ex-factory prices will rise 8.7 times from $6.24 billion in 2011 to $ 54 billion in 2021. Of course, the largest part of that will be buses and detailed figures to 2022 are given in the report.

A new study of the batteries commonly used in hybrid and electric-only cars has revealed an unexpected factor that could limit the performance of batteries currently on the road.

Colombia's capital Bogota is set to launch a fleet of all-electric taxis using vehicles supplied by Chinese manufacturer BYD.

Air Liquide is investing in, installing and commissioning a new public hydrogen filling station in Rotterdam, Netherlands, for fuel cell electric vehicles, in collaboration with the Dutch Ministry of Transport and the Environment.

Almost ready to fly, the Sunseeker Duo has been rolled out in the USA following European leadership in single-seater all-solar civilian planes such as the Swiss-German Solar Impulse that has flown a complete day and night and travelled between countries.

Wanxiang, China's largest maker of auto parts created a political storm when they won the auction to acquire recently bankrupt company, A123 Systems.

Car Charging Group a provider of convenient electric vehicle charging services announced the filing of a utility patent application for an inductive EV charging station in the form of a parking bumper.